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Cllr accuses government of putting profit ahead of safety

A member of the Brighton and Hove City Council cabinet has accused the government of putting business profit margins ahead of workers’ right to be safe at work. Green Councillor…

Green councillor to join counter protest against anti-abortion group

Green councillor to join counter protest against anti-abortion group

A Green Party councillor is to join a counter-protest opposed to an anti-abortion group, which is holding a ‘kerb-side vigil’ near to Preston Park in Brighton. Brighton Pro-Choice has organised…

Hove MP urges Osborne to rethink Listed Building VAT reform

Hove MP urges Osborne to rethink Listed Building VAT reform

Conservative MP Mike Weatherley has spoken out against his party’s proposed changes to the VAT exemption on listed buildings work. It has been proposed by the coalition government to remove…

What is the Brighton Declaration?

If you think of Geneva you are more than likely going to think of the convention that happened there in 1949, so is Brighton now going to be associated with…

Hove MP celebrates news of Abu Qataba’s imminent deportation

Hove MP celebrates news of Abu Qataba’s imminent deportation

Hove MP Mike Weatherley has celebrated the news that hate cleric Abu Qataba is soon to be deported from the United Kingdom. The cleric is to be deported to Jordan…

Residents extremely angry over travellers, says Hove MP

Residents extremely angry over travellers, says Hove MP

Brighton and Hove residents are ‘extremely angry at the Green Party and their lackadaisical policies’, according to Hove MP Mike Weatherley. The MPs comments follow a public meeting he organised…

Greens announce European election candidates

Greens announce European election candidates

The Green Party has announced its candidates for the 2014 European elections and thrown up the possibility of a by-election in Brighton and Hove. The party’s current MEP Keith Taylor,…

Greens fume at Labour as budget recriminations begin

Greens fume at Labour as budget recriminations begin

After one of the most fascinating council budget setting meeting’s the minority Green administration has pledged to ‘minimise Blue Labour and Tory tax damage’. The Greens saw their budget passed,…

Opposition parties urged to see sense ahead of budget meeting

Opposition parties urged to see sense ahead of budget meeting

The Labour and Conservative groups in Brighton and Hove have been urged to ‘see sense’ by the Green Party ahead of Thursday’s potentially tempestuous council budget setting meeting. The city’s…

Conservatives unveil alternative budget proposals

Conservatives unveil alternative budget proposals

Ahead of Thursday’s budget setting council meeting the Conservative group in Brighton and Hove has revealed its alternative proposals to the budget plan laid out by the Green administration. The…